#8B4DCF#8B4DCF

#8B4DCF is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.153; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.194 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4DCF
RGB	rgb(139, 77, 207)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(269, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.04, 51.04, -57.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.04, 76.97, 311.54°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.104 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.194 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.5612, 15.3017, 60.6789)
Luminance	0.1530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4DCF #91CF4D

analogous

#4D50CF #8B4DCF #CC4DCF

triadic

#8B4DCF #CF8B4D #4DCF8B

tetradic

#8B4DCF #CF4D50 #91CF4D #4DCFCC

square

#8B4DCF #CF4D50 #91CF4D #4DCFCC

split-complementary

#8B4DCF #CFCC4D #50CF4D

monochromatic

#4F227F #6C2FAF #8B4DCF #AA7DDC #CAADE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.17

#8B4DCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.06

#8B4DCF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4DCF

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4DCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4DCF	1.00	5.17	4.06	5.17
#FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006CD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#236DCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7E6987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4dcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 77, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.194 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b182de',
    500: '#8b4dcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4dcf;
$custom-light: #b182de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4dcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 77,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.615,
    "s": 57.522,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55693,
    "c": 0.19375,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4DCF

secondary

#BDD7A1

accent

#E14797

background

#FBF8FD

surface

#F6EFFB

border

#D0CAD4

text

#110B15

muted

#807C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4DCF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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